More July outings

July was a busy month for us. One of my favorite outings was when we took Seth and Luke to Agate. Luke was in heaven with all the rocks to play with and sea gulls to chase. I found a few small agates and Eric found the most. I always want to find more than him, but he always wins our unspoken challenge! Darn it. We also showed the boys the Yurok houses. I don't think they were impressed, but I was still amazed like I am each time I see them. Eric also started taking Seth to the driving range at the Muni. They have a great time together. So many fun things to do.

July 2009

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So July was our annual Relay for Life followed by Benbow camping trip. The boys had a lot of fun. Cousin Nick went camping with us and that is always a bonus for my boys. We had a lot of fun. Relay is a great event and Seth loved running laps with his cousins! July also took us to Fern Canyon for the first time with the boys. They loved it. We had a lot of fun. The pictures of the box is the box house I made for the boys. The funniest part about the house was when Cousin Nick and Jarrot (a.k.a. Jarrod) tried to get into the box house. And we cannot forget about Daddy's birthday in July. The boys had a great time with all the family!

Where have I been?

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So it has been over a year since I have blogged. It is sad in the sense that I have not updated everyone on the happenings around the Brunton household. Since last May we have been very busy. I will try to give a brief synopsis of the past year month by month. I will begin with last June. Eric and I took the boys to Disneyland for the first time. They had a blast. My dad came with us and we all spent 6 days in L.A. visiting family. It was a lot of fun. The boys were so good on our trip. We got stuck at the airport on the evening of our flight because the plane was grounded. We had to go back the next morning for a 6 a.m. flight that was also late because the replacement plane had been struck by lightning. Above are some pictures from our trip.

Seth's Conversation with Daddy!

Tonight Seth was watching Bizarre Foods with Daddy. The host of the show is bald and Seth asked why he had no hair. Daddy told him that sometimes when people get older they lose their hair. Then Seth said "So Dad, when you're 40 you're gonna lose your hair!" I was giving Luke a bath and I heard Eric laughing really hard. So of course I had to ask what happened. Living with children is awesome!

Emmit and the dressing room!

Last week Eric and I went to Elk Grove without our boys. Seth and Luke stayed with Grandmother and Grandpa Odie (as Seth calls them) for two nights. It was our first trip away from Luke. Eric had a work training to go to in Sacramento so off we went. While Eric was at his training I hung out with Joy and my adorable nephews. Liam was napping and Emmit and I went to Kohl's. There was a skirt I wanted and he was the best shopping partner. Emmit and I went into the dressing room so I could try on the skirt. Mind you the dressing room was full and we had a grand conversation. I took off my pants in order to try on the skirt and Emmit announces to everyone "Auntie those are really cool undies!!!" I have to tell you all they were not that cool . . . blue, pink and green geometric shapes on hipster underwear. It was very amusing. I love that kid!

Dancing fools. Oops I mean dancing boys!

Here are a couple video clips of the boys dancing. We listen to music a lot and the boys like to dance. I love watching them. Especially the "cool moves" Seth makes up. That's what he calls them. He usually asks me "Did you see that cool move Mom?"

Four year olds

So I am wondering how a four year old can be so stinking smart. My child can present a valid argument and unfortunately--for me--be correct. It is quite a scary thing when one realizes the child is witty and a lot smarter than even his mother gives him credit for. Here's the story: Today we went out grocery shopping as a family. This is something we usually do not do as the kids don't really enjoy it and would rather go to Grandmother's house. Nevertheless, we all went today. We were on our way to the rainbow store (Seth's name for the Grocery Outlet) when Seth became very whiny about his bible songs. He told me he did not want to listen to them any more. We had a few words about it and I got frustrated and turned the radio off completely. This annoyed Seth and he started whining to Daddy. I proceeded to tell Seth that Daddy and I are a team--the parents team--and whatever I said was what Daddy was going to say. We back each other up. He thinks for a minute and then says: "Well, nuh-huh mom, cuz the other weekend you said it was a no tv day and then you were sleeping the next morning I asked Dad to watch tv and he let me. So you aren't a team. He's on my team against you." I told him that maybe Daddy hadn't heard me and Seth said "He was sitting right next to you, so you are wrong and I am right." It was all I could do not to bust out laughing. I was breathing like I was in labor because that was the only way to control the laughter dying to burst out of me and all the while Eric is poking me. Not helping dude! Once my composure was gained I informed Seth that he indeed was right about that incident (which was last weekend by the way) but it would not happen like that again. I also asked him why he was watching tv when he knew what I had said and he said that was the other weekend let's talk about something else. Such a character!